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POLITICAL PARTIESTHE US • The Republicans are the Right of Centre party and the Democrats are the Left of Centre party.. • There is no centre party in this sense of one positioned politi

CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH POLITICAL SYSTEMS

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1 The Executive

2 The Legislature

3.The Judiciary

4.Political Parties

5 Elections and Campaigns

6 Style of Politics

2.THE EXECUTIVE

THE US

• The US is a presidential system,

elected indirectly through an Electoral

College

• A US President is limited by the

constitution to two four-year terms in

office

THE UK

• The UK is a parliamentary system,elected by holding the majority

of votes in the House of Commons

• There is no limit to the time that a British Prime Minister can serve in the office

3 THE LEGISLATURE

THE US

• In the USA, both houses of the

legislature - the Senate and the House

of Representatives - are directly

elected

THE UK

• In the UK, the House of Commons is directly elected, but the House of

Lords is largely appointed

4 THE JUDICIARY

THE US

• The Supreme Court is an intensely

political institution

• 39 states hold at least some

competitive elections to choose

judges

THE UK

• The Supreme Court is not appointed

on a political basic

• No judges are elected

THE US THE UK

5 POLITICAL PARTIES

THE US

• The Republicans are the Right of

Centre party and the Democrats are

the Left of Centre party

• There is no centre party in this sense

of one positioned politically between

the Republicans and the Democrats

• There are only two parties represented

in Congress and both are federal

parties; there is no political party that

only seeks votes in one state or a

selection of states

THE UK

• The Conservatives are the Right of Centre party and Labour is the Left of Centre party

• There is a Liberal Democrat Party which ideologically sees itself as between Conservative and Labour

• Political parties that seek votes throughout the entire country, there are nationalist political parties that field candidates only in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively

• The Democratic and Republican

Parties absolutely dominate federal

and state elections with independents

securing only small proportions of the

vote

• The two main political parties are

loose coalitions with individual

candidates or Congressmen adopting

varying positions on many issues

• The major parties in the USA have a

large-scale congress every four years

to choose their candidate for the

forthcoming presidential election and

ostensibly determine the policy

platform of that candidate

• The two political parties - Conservative and Labor - a lower percentage and decrease in total number of votes than the Liberal Democratic Party and Independence Party

• All political parties have much tighter rein on the policies promoted by

candidates and the voting by elected representatives

• All the political parties in the UK hold annual conferences where they debate the policy positions to be adopted by the party, but these conferences do not choose the party leader

• The Democratic Party is often

represented as a donkey, while the

Republican Party is featured as an

elephant

• British political parties regularly change their symbols and very few electors have any idea what they are

6 ELECTIONS AND CAMPAIGNS

THE US

- The term of a President, Senator or

Congressman is known precisely as four

years, six years and two years

respectively and the dates of the elections

are fixed

- Political system are chosen by a system of

primaries in which (usually) all registered

Democratic and Republican voters

participate in the choice of the candidate

for 'their' party in the main election.

THE UK

- The term of members of the House

of Commons (maximum of five years )

- The selection of candidates is normally confined to actual members of the relevant political party in the constituency in question

- The election effectively lasts

almost two years, starting with the

declaration of candidates for the

primaries

- Depend on vast sums to purchase

broadcasting time

- There are no limitations on

expenditure

- The election lasts around four weeks

- Cannot buy broadcasting time

- There are statutory limitations on expenditure for all elections

THE US THE UK

- Blue signifies states held by the

Democratic Party, the more

left-wing

- Red signifies states held by the

Republican Party, the more

right-wing

- Blue identifies the Conservative Party, the more right-wing Cannot buy broadcasting time

- Red identifies the Labour Party, the more left-wing

7 STYLE OF POLITICS

THE US

- ‘Conservative' means really

right-wing, especially on social issues

- The term 'liberal' generally means

quite left-wing

- It is considered necessary for a

politician to emphasize their

patriotism

THE UK

- 'Conservative' means mainstream

right-wing, especially on economic issues

- The name 'Liberal' means broadly

centrist

- It is assumed that anyone who wants

to run for national office cares for his

or her country

THE US THE UK

- The flag holds special place in

the political heart of the nation,

people sing to it while placing a

hand over their heart, and many

people would like to make

burning it a criminal offence In

Britain the flag is rarely

prominent at political events

- Since 9/11 most politicians

wear a pin depicting the stars

and stripes.

- That anyone who wants to run for national office cares for his or her country.

- No politician would wear a badge displaying the union jack

- So many political speeches in

the US include the phrase "my

fellow Americans"

- Every political speech seems

to mention God, especially in

the final call "God bless

Americ.

- Political terminology, there is simply no equivalent phrase

- No politician mentions God and none would think of inviting Him to show a special preference for his or her nation state

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